May 30, 2006
Give Me a Break
Reading a copy of our church summer schedule I noticed many of the normal programs offered have the following disclaimer: “Taking a break for the summer.” With a quick inventory of the cancellations it seems the church is going on a three month ‘sabbatical rest’. For instance, there’s no Sunday morning educational classes (Sunday school) offered unless you’re an adult or a child in nursery through 3rd grade. With 14 of the 23 Bible studies joining in the summer vacation, it appears that the Sunday morning worship service is all that remains of the weekly programs. September is just around the corner, so “Ya’ll come back now, ya hear?”
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3 comments:
Gail;
----I look back at my college days and I see a similar pattern, hard work from September throuth May, then goof off days. But after twenty-three years of hard work twelve monthes a year, my feelings just don't seem to relate to the three months off thing. Then looking at the ministers whose hands are on the wheel of this church, I see mostly guys who don't have to look back through very many years to see their old college days. I wonder if we had more ministers with a couple extra decades between college days and today if maybe summer would be seen as ninety more days of opportunity to serve.
Steve,
I too see lost opportunities.
After a military career in which one has no time that is strictly his/hers, where one has to work every day of the year unless they are specifically off due to a schedule or leave, the lack of dedication is frightening. But to say, in effect, that we are taking time off from bringing persons to Christ is shameful.
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